Crocodile farmers want more relaxed trade curbs

Snappier rules, please: Crocodile farmers in Thailand want to relax regulations on cross-border trade of the reptiles and their parts to boost demand for products made from ones raised in captivity. — AP

CROCODILE farmers in Thailand are suggesting a novel approach to saving the country’s dwindling number of endangered wild crocodiles. They want to relax regulations on cross-border trade of the reptiles and their parts to boost demand for products made from ones raised in captivity.

With only about 100 Siamese crocodiles estimated to be living in the wild in Thailand, the species is teetering on local extinction.